History of Esperance, (Schoharie County) New York United States of America

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D. Cady Herrick, jurist, was born in Esperence, Schoharie county, N.Y., in April, 1846; son of Jonathan and Harriet (Deuel) Herrick, grandson of James Herrick, and a descendant of Henry Herrick, who settled in Salem, Mass., in 1629. His parents removed to Albany in 1852 and his early education was received in the common schools of that city. Later he was sent to Anthony's Classical institute, thereafter entering the law office of Lyman Tremain, and Rufus W. Peckham afterward justice of the supreme court of the United States, and subsequently became a student at the Albany law school, where he was graduated in 1868 and admitted to the bar in the same year. He was the candidate of the Democratic party for district attorney of Albany county in 1877, but was defeated. He was elected to that office in 1850 and again in 1883. He was made a member of the Democratic state committee in 1885 to succeed Daniel Manning, who became secretary of the treasury of the United States. In 1884 he formed a law partnership with John A. Delehanty, which continued until 1891. In 1886 he was appointed corporation counsel of the city of Albany; in 1891 he was elected one of the judges of the supreme court of the state of New York, and in 1894 he was appointed associate justice of the appellate division of the supreme court of the state of New York. His name was used several times in connection with the Democratic nomination for governor of New York.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Esperance, (Schoharie County) New York

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